“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” – Emile Zola

I'm a T-shaped leader in UX design, content strategy, and instructional design with 18+ years of experience. I’m also a Certified Scrum Product Owner®.

So, what do I offer? I ensure that the time and money spent on product development and marketing pay off by solving design and content problems and creating great user experiences that reinforce your brand. And, because I love teaching others new skills and strengthening their creative confidence, I help my team keep improving their ROI.

I strongly believe that, while professional skills and goals are important, it's equally vital to work toward building a life that gives you satisfaction and makes the world a better place, which is why I love spending quality time with my husband and baby and why I sing, draw, kayak, and run.

"Permission to be puzzled and to think. Consent to use their powerful eyes and intelligent minds. Time to noodle and figure things out. The go-ahead to use what they already know to reflect on what they don’t: the first steps in learning. Again, not answers but ways to figure out things on their own."—Philip Yenawine

"We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity." —Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Yep, this is about Thanksgiving. It isn't about the web (though it is about connection) and it isn't about design (though that poster is pretty, huh?) and it isn't about food (thought I am daydreaming about mashed potatoes as I type).

Welcome to the future of the web where innovations are moving us from the semantic web of today into the Internet of Things (IoT). With these innovations come questions—how have previous technology shifts affected us, and how will future technology impact us?

The internet has become an integrated, seamless, and often invisible part of our everyday lives. Some see this connection as a way to a brighter future, while others have trepidations. The only thing that seems certain is that the Internet is changing rapidly, the laws surrounding the Internet are changing even faster, and it’s all we can do to try and keep up.

Sentiment analysis and emotional contagion are nothing new, but Facebook’s recent research study, dubbed by the media the “emotion manipulation” study has launched heated debates regarding the accuracy of the research and the ethics of performing experiments on people without their knowledge or consent.